sanguinaria

See also: Sanguinaria, sanguinária, and sanguinària

English

Sanguinaria canadensis

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛəɹi.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛɹi.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə

Noun

sanguinaria (plural sanguinarias)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Sanguinaria, or bloodroots.
   • 1871, Edward Everett Hale, Old and New, volume 3, page 108:

     […] the violets, houstonias, hepaticas, and sanguinarias, which take so kindly to home cultivation.

2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, once used medicinally as an emetic, etc.

Derived terms

• sanguinarine

References

• “sanguinaria”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Adjective

sanguinaria

1. feminine singular of sanguinario

Latin

Adjective

sanguināria

1. inflection of sanguinārius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

sanguināriā

1. ablative feminine singular of sanguinārius

References

• "sanguinaria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Adjective

sanguinaria

1. feminine singular of sanguinario